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Spelling Bee Answers for January 25, 2024

The complete word list, every pangram, and the seven letters of the hive for today's NYT Spelling Bee. Hand-checked at release.

Words66
Pangrams2
Points possible358
Center letterI
Maya Chen
Senior Puzzle Editor·Published January 25, 2024·3 min read

Hand-checked every word in this list against the live Spelling Bee on the morning of release. Spotted an error?

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Today's seven letters

The center letter is yellow and must appear in every valid word. The six surrounding letters are optional. Every word in the puzzle is at least four letters long.

WH
NIG
TC

Stats & rank thresholds

The Spelling Bee scoring tops out at Queen Bee — the rank you earn for finding every word, including all pangrams. Here are today's point thresholds:

Beginner
0 pts
Moving Up
29 pts
Good
54 pts
Solid
90 pts
Nice
144 pts
Great
179 pts
Amazing
251 pts
Genius
305 pts
Queen Bee
358 pts
Total words
66
Pangrams
2
Possible points
358

Pangrams

A pangram uses all seven letters from today's hive at least once. Each pangram is worth its letter count + a 7-point bonus.

Today's 2 pangrams
twitching +16 ptswitching +15 pts

The full word list

All 66 valid Spelling Bee solutions for January 25, 2024, grouped by length. Pangrams are highlighted with a star.

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4 letters16 words
chicchinchithighhintinchitchnighthintinttwigtwintwitwhitwingwith
5 letters13 words
cinchhitchicingnightninththighthingtighttinctwhichwightwinchwitch
6 letters8 words
chichichitincitinginningnitwittwitchwiningwithin
7 letters18 words
giggingginninghinginghintinghittinginchingitchingtingingtintingtithingtwiningwhiningwhitingwiggingwincingwingingwinningwitting
8 letters10 words
chinningcinchinghitchingignitingincitingthinningtwingingtwinningwhingingwitching
9 letters1 word
twitching

Top-scoring words today

The five words worth the most points in today's puzzle — mostly pangrams and long compound words. These alone can push you over the Genius threshold.

twitching +16witching +15chinning +8cinching +8hitching +8

About this Spelling Bee puzzle

The New York Times Spelling Bee for January 25, 2024 has 66 valid words for a total of 358 possible points. Hitting Queen Bee means finding every single one. The Genius threshold is roughly 85 percent of the total, so today that's about 305 pts.

Stuck on a clue? Jump back to the Spelling Bee hub for strategy tips, the rank-by-rank breakdown, the full archive, and an explainer on how the NYT picks each day's seven letters.

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